1. The document discusses the teaching approaches of two teachers - Damaris J. Bujato and Ronny R. Camacho. 2. Bujato identifies most with a behaviorist approach, enjoying passing on proven knowledge directly through explanation and memorization. However, she also shares some constructivist ideals by acknowledging students' existing knowledge. 3. Camacho most closely aligns with cognitive psychology, helping students apply proper learning strategies. She also shares aspects of behaviorism, constructivism, humanism, and positivism to lesser degrees.

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THE KIND OF TEACHER THAT WE ARE
The Kind of Teacher That We Are
Damaris J. Bujato
Ronny R. Camacho
Universidad Del Atlántico

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THE KIND OF TEACHER THAT WE ARE
According to what I already read in the material provided by the teacher, I deduce that I am
inclined to the behaviorist approach, because I feel identified leading a group, having certain
knowledge as a teacher, that has already been proven through experience as truthful, and I also
like to pass on this knowledge directly through explanation and memorization. At the same time I
feel identified in lower court to constructivism, because I do not assume that the group that I am
working with, does not know anything, but knowledge they currently have is wrong and needs
renovation under the self-discovery of errors. Unlike to my partner, who feels identified with
Cognitive psychology approach, the role of the cognitivist teacher is to assist learner's
application of the proper learning strategies. In addition to that, my partner sees errors as
unsuccessful attempts to understand. However, she is not at all 100% cognitive psychology, she
considers that has 19% Behaviorism because she thinks that repetition drill is relevant due to she
used this way to learn some topics when she was in the secondary and it worked. In fact, she
really likes to develop in learners good languages habits such as good manners; for example, she
would not let students tell her by the first name but by “Miss Bujato” or “teacher”. Also, she
believes that she is 19% Constructivism as well, because she sees how important it is to take into
account the learner as an individual, actively in constructing meaning. So, for her is really
relevant when students develop thinking and they relate to language and that is experience
becoming a central focus of learning. In the same fashion, when learner´s knowledge of the
language is gradually re-shaped, it means that they are assimilating the information. Even, she
thinks that she has 6% of the humanist approach because she considers that learning does not end
when a young person leaves school and she would not put up with bullying between students.
And finally she is 5% Positivism due to she is sometimes open minded.
THE KIND OF TEACHER THAT I HAVE OBSERVED
Most of the time I have observed my teacher, I deduced he was behavioristic, because he was
only focused on his knowledge, the one he already had. In other words, whole the information
was given by the teacher. He never took his learners to participate in the class, even the students
were just trained to use the book and so on. In fact, almost all the topics had to be learned by
heart and students did not have the option to choose any activity or favorite topic to write.
Moreover, the teacher never accepts that any student addresses him with the first name and he
always emphasized that we had to be polite with the authority and everybody, which is good
manners. Besides, I might say that he was sometimes humanistic because he did not let students
make others bullying.